Automatic WP 3.8.1 update Outraged User (18 posts)

How is it possible that WordPress can get past all of my brute force security plus my username and password security and update the version of WordPress from 3.8 to 3.8.1

I received an email stating that my site had been updated, and I specifically put in brute force security as well as password protected my site to prevent any changes without permission.

Frankly I am outraged, I allow none to do updates to my site without my prior authorization.
I am concerned that without my backing up my site prior to any update I may start having site issues and my business depends on solely on my site.
This is a copy of the email I received this morning and I have validated that the version in fact was updated.

How is it possible that WordPress can get past all of my brute force security plus my username and password security and update the version of WordPress from 3.8 to 3.8.1

Auto-updates have been around since 3.7 and were first used in 3.7.1.

WordPress auto-updated because your webserver process has blanket write access to your entire site. It doesn't matter how much brute force security you have, the state of your installation means that you are allowing this to happen.

Thank you for your reply... Hmm, interesting... I have recently moved my Provider from Inmotionhosting to Hostgator, and with my previous provider updates had to be initiated by me. Seems that I need to have a chat with these guys and I will go through the the Guide to disable auto updates.

estrella, I do not post here much, but I bet that you will be best served if you post to a new thread that way everyone can find your issue. Responses from new threads are usually excellent from what I have seen, take this thread in point.